**EDUCATORS: please email orders@wmm.com for instructions for student access. A film by Mylène Sauloy 2016 | 53 minutes | Color -- As the forces of ISIS and Assad tear through villages and society in Syria and Northern Iraq, a group of brave and idealistic women are taking up arms against…
The story of two sixteen-year old schoolgirls, one black, one white. Sylvia lives in Soweto, the sprawling black "township" of more than a million people which services the neighbouring white city. Sisca lives just fifteen miles away in one of Johannesburg's exclusively-white suburbs.…
*This film may be purchased by individuals for personal home viewing with family and friends only. It is strictly prohibited to screen, loan or broadcast for any group for either educational or commercial purposes. Directed by Maria Barea, Kaija Jurikkala, Monique Mbeka Phoba, Pascale Schmidt, Sabiha…
GIRLS CAN’T SURF is the inspiring true story of a group of rebellious female surfers in the 1980s who took on the male-dominated professional surfing world in a fight for inclusion, recognition and equality.
Kleine Flugzeuge, entschlossene Mädchen und ein Land im Umbruch: „Girls don’t fly“ erzählt die Geschichte von jungen Frauen aus Ghana, die sprichwörtlich ganz weit nach oben wollen und einen gemeinsamen Traum haben: Sie wollen fliegen. Die Protagonistinnen des Films…
An Indian proverb says raising a daughter is like watering your neighbour's garden and the burden of having girls means many are killed at birth. We follow the difficult lives of those who survive the practice. Twenty Seven percent of Indians live below the poverty line and as a women, this economic…
Inside the South Indian refuge supporting women in their fight against forced marriage. In Southern India, many women must endure early marriage. The refuge charity Paadhai shelters the children and adolescents who are trying to escape this fate. Twenty-year-old Amulpriya’s mother was married at…
At Rock 'n' Roll Camp, girls ranging in age from eight to 18 are taught that it's OK to sweat like a pig, scream like a banshee, wail on their instruments with complete and utter abandon, and that "it is 100% okay to be exactly who you are." They are taught by indie rock chicks…
Gisi Fleischmann believed she could stop the Holocaust if only she succeeded to raise enough money. She led a resistance group in Slovakia which tried to stop the transports to Auschwitz by bribing Nazi officials. Her story has been almost forgotten, and all that's left are dozens of letters she…
Gisi Fleischmann believed she could stop the Holocaust if only she succeeded to raise enough money. She led a resistance group in Slovakia which tried to stop the transports to Auschwitz by bribing Nazi officials. Her story has been almost forgotten until the Slovak National Theatre staged a play about…
Wat is de onweerstaanbare aantrekkingskracht van de gitaar? Waarom kun je er als kleine jongen al zó verliefd op worden dat je haar wilt bezitten, aanraken en temmen? Henny Vrienten beweert dat er zoiets bestaat als een ‘gitaarjongen’. Als groot verzamelaar en liefhebber heeft hij…
Über ihr Elternhaus in Wien, vom Besuch des NSDAP-Parteitages in Nürnberg, Schauspielausbildung am Reinhardt-Seminar, vom Erlebnis des Einmarsches der Deutschen 1938 in Österreich, über Paul Hubschmid und Ilse Werner, warum man eigentlich politisch nichts gegen die Nazis hatte, aber…
